During the Revolutionary War smallpox created havoc within both the British and American armies and the colonial civilian population. Washington’s implementation of isolation policies and troop innoculations removed the threat of epidemic smallpox and ultimately protected American soldiers and civilians from the dangers of this feared disease
During the Revolutionary War smallpox created havoc within both the British and American armies and the colonial civilian population. Washington’s implementation of isolation policies and troop innoculations removed the threat of epidemic smallpox and ultimately protected American soldiers and civilians from the dangers of this feared disease
Ann M. Becker is professor of history at SUNY Empire State College.
Inhaltsangabe
Chapter 1 "The Most Terrible of All Ministers of Death": Smallpox in the Atlantic World Chapter 2 "Send ye Small pox Into ye Army": The British and the Double-Edged Sword of Smallpox Chapter 3 "Able and Willing to Bear Arms": Dunmore in the South Chapter 4 "Vigilance against this most dangerous Enemy": Smallpox at the Siege of Boston Chapter 5 "Ruined with Smallpox": The Canadian Campaign Chapter 6 "Disobedience . will be most severely punished": New York and the Health of the Troops Chapter 7 "Nothing but death . before me": Smallpox in Revolutionary War Prisons Chapter 8 "To Stop the Progress of the Small Pox": Washington Inoculates His Army Chapter 9 "The Seeds of Small Pox": Smallpox on the Road to Yorktown and Beyond
Chapter 1 "The Most Terrible of All Ministers of Death": Smallpox in the Atlantic World Chapter 2 "Send ye Small pox Into ye Army": The British and the Double-Edged Sword of Smallpox Chapter 3 "Able and Willing to Bear Arms": Dunmore in the South Chapter 4 "Vigilance against this most dangerous Enemy": Smallpox at the Siege of Boston Chapter 5 "Ruined with Smallpox": The Canadian Campaign Chapter 6 "Disobedience . will be most severely punished": New York and the Health of the Troops Chapter 7 "Nothing but death . before me": Smallpox in Revolutionary War Prisons Chapter 8 "To Stop the Progress of the Small Pox": Washington Inoculates His Army Chapter 9 "The Seeds of Small Pox": Smallpox on the Road to Yorktown and Beyond
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